Jan is a psychologist, therapist, trainer, and a coach. He lived and worked in Florida and as a monk in the jungle of Sri Lanka. He is a great advocate of mindfulness and compassion, and an author of books on this topic. He also developed own original Mindfulness Informed Integrative Psychotherapy, which integrates compassionate approach, most recent neuroscience findings, traditional buddhist psychology and psychedelic research. His latest book, Mindfulness and the Self: Mindfulness-Informed Integrative Psychotherapy is about to be published in English at Routledge's soon. A German version is also being prepared. Jan sat with dying people and held their hand while listening to them, has witnessed the suffering of others and experienced his own, which gave him power, humility and wisdom.

Kevin is passionate about bringing healing, compassion and connection to humanity. He is a certified professional practitioner of Compassionate Inquiry (CI), the psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté. He has been at the heart of the CI community since the beginning, and is now a sought-after CI Facilitator, Educator and Circle leader. Kevin currently has a private practice based in Saintfield near Belfast, and works with clients from all over the world. He is also a certified mindfulness and meditation practitioner. He uses Compassionate Inquiry and mindfulness to help individuals, organizations, and charities to better understand their mental, emotional and spiritual landscapes. He has held a keen interest in Buddhism for the past 20 years. He brings a playful and relaxed approach to his work whilst holding a compassionate, non-judgemental and safe space for clients to unveil the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.

Barbara is a Metta Therapist, a compassionate and mindful holistic therapeutic approach based on Buddhist psychology (Metta = kindness). In her work, she merges mindfulness-based practices, eastern and western ancient wisdom, and several trauma-informed approaches (e.g. Compassionate Inquiry, Internal Family Systems, Systemic Family Constellations, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, MBCT, MSC and MBSR). Barbara has been a Buddhism and meditation teacher, as well as a senior Yoga teacher for more than 20 years. She develops Mindfulness-based and respiratory rehabilitation programs. Besides mentioned modalities, Barbara is also a Somatic Breathwork coach, Sound Massage Professional Practitioner, Craniosacral Therapist, and also integrates Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies. Married to an indigenous Colombian man, Barbara was a journalist until her late 30’s and she is still a tireless activist, speaking up for freedom and equality.

Kamila is a culturologist and academia expert, who, as a therapist, developed her own Psychospiritual Therapy. She is a well respected expert in the field of non-religious spirituality and the new, postmaterialist paradigm. Psychospiritual therapy in her version compiles her lifelong interest in postmaterialist science related to spirituality, personal growth with the dynamics of the individuation process, psychology and psychotherapy. She blends them with experiential work in the inner world with the use of body intelligence and memory. In the recent Journal of Sociology's edition called The Depressive Society, published by Prague's Charles University, she has addressed this issue in great detail in an article called “The Diagnosis of our Time - the Trauma Caused by Repressed Spirituality”.

Marleen is a mindfulness and compassion teacher, who earned her PhD at the Radboud University Medical Centre on the working mechanisms of MBCL and MBCT in recurrent depression. She is the owner of Note to Mind and Kind to Mind, through which she teaches mindfulness and compassion, gives coaching and guides silent day retreats for general audiences as well as for research and education. Marleen is connected to the MBCL teacher-trainer education led by Frits Koster and Erik van den Brink as educator and supervisor, and is additionally active as chair of the scientific committee of the Dutch Mindfulness Association.

Rhoda works as senior researcher at the Hanze University, the Netherlands, in the field of Active Lifestyle and Mental Health. She has been a teacher of mindfulness and compassion since 2013, and has been connected to the MBCL teacher-trainer education led by Frits Koster and Erik van den Brink as an educator and a supervisor since 2021. She obtained her PhD at the Radboud University Medical Centre on the effectiveness of MBCL in recurrent depression.